Workaround if you are running a Xenial kernel.

Downloaded and installed (using gdebi).

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/226723004/bcmwl-kernel-source_6.30.223.248
+bdcom-0ubuntu8_i386.deb

(Link got from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+package/bcmwl-
kernel-source)

This is the latest package for Xenial (16.04). I used it with Trusty
(14.04) because my computer has LTS Enablement Stack,
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack

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Title:
  bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu0.2: bcmwl kernel module
  failed to build

Status in bcmwl package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  just happened...no idea why

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu0.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-89.136-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-89-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
  Architecture: i386
  DKMSKernelVersion: 4.4.0-26-generic
  Date: Tue Jun 21 23:28:52 2016
  DuplicateSignature: 
dkms:bcmwl-kernel-source:6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu0.2:/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.248+bdcom/build/src/shared/linux_osl.c:935:2:
 error: implicit declaration of function ‘rdtscl’ 
[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-16 (249 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu MATE 14.04.2 "Trusty Tahr" - LTS i386 (20150323)
  PackageVersion: 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu0.2
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.7
   apt  1.0.1ubuntu2.14
  SourcePackage: bcmwl
  Title: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu0.2: bcmwl kernel module 
failed to build
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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